Man fatally shot early this morning in Newark

Google MapsMap view of East Runyon Avenue and Sherman Avenue in Newark, where a man was shot and killed early today.

NEWARK — Elizabeth resident Willis J. Thurman III, 23, has been identified as the man killed in a shooting in Newark’s South Ward early Saturday morning, according to Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.

Officers found Willis with a gunshot wound in his head at about 3 a.m. on East Runyon Avenue near Sherman Avenue. He was taken to University Hospital, where he died soon after.

Newark Police Department’s major crimes detectives and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide Squad are investigating the shooting.

That incident came hours after another fatal shooting in the city. Newark resident Zakie Brown, 22, was killed at 32 Columbia Avenue in the West Ward at about 7 p.m., according to Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.